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MV summit decides to wear a mask from Monday | NDR.de – news

Status: 22.01.2021 6:27 p.m.

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, medical masks must be worn on buses, trains and when shopping from Monday. The state government agreed on this with representatives of associations and trade unions on Friday at the so-called MV summit.

To meet the mask requirement, so-called surgical masks are sufficient. Prime Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) announced, however, that the country will distribute FFP2 masks to police officers, teachers and, for example, employees of youth welfare offices. The country had bought 2.6 million masks itself. The state parliament has now released money for further mask purchases. Schwesig also campaigned for stricter contact rules. According to state regulations, only contact with someone outside of your own household should be recommended. The group had met again since the morning to discuss how the latest federal / state agreements on corona protective measures are being implemented in the state. The Prime Minister and Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) agreed on Tuesday to extend the lockdown to mid-February in view of the continued high number of infections. The state parliament had given its approval in a special session on Thursday.

Strict rules from incidence 150

According to Schwesig, districts can in future introduce stricter corona rules within the previous seven days from an incidence value of 150 new infections. The district of Vorpommern-Greifswald will therefore only offer emergency care in daycare centers and primary schools from Monday, Schwesig said. The date has now been confirmed by the district. The movement radius of the population is limited to 15 kilometers around the place of residence, between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. there is a curfew. Tourist trips to the district are also not allowed for citizens of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, unless it is a visit to the nuclear family. In addition, the entry rules are tightened. Anyone who comes to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania from a foreign high-risk area or a country with a high risk of infections due to the dangerous virus mutation must be in quarantine without exception. However, there will be no change to the travel regulations to and from Poland.

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Goal: Incidence below 50 by mid-February

Schwesig’s goal is to reduce the incidence value for the country to 50 and lower. According to Schwesig, she hopes that this will be achieved by mid-February or at the end of the winter holidays. Then one could also advise on opening schools. But she could not promise this, said the SPD politician. “It is tough measures that we expect the citizens to take,” said Schwesig. The second wave of infections also hit Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania hard. But “we still have the situation under control”.

District Administrator Sack criticizes vaccination appointment management

Meanwhile, the district administrator in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, Michael Sack (CDU), criticized the central appointment allocation for vaccinations via a call center in the northeast. “We have big problems with the appointment management, our vaccination centers are not booked enough,” said Sack in Greifswald. So on Wednesday only 35 percent of the capacity in Greifswald and Pasewalk could be used. Up to 1000 people could be vaccinated there per day, on that day there were 283. The main problem is that the allocated vaccine always has to be used up by Friday. The call center makes appointments on behalf of the Schwerin state government. “If we could do it alone, we would already know how to do it,” said Sack, who is also the CDU state chairman. At the request of NDR 1 Radio MV, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health announced that the call for help from Western Pomerania had been heard. If there is a problem, the ministry will investigate. However, the central appointment allocation is necessary, as there is currently very little vaccine available.

Craft calls for perspective

In the run-up to the summit, the President of the Schwerin Chamber of Crafts, Uwe Lange, called for prospects for businesses affected by closings such as hairdressers and beauticians. Politicians must be able to explain the conditions under which a reopening is possible. Lange “strictly rejected” a further restriction of industries and a reduction of the craft business to emergency operations. Bridging aid would also have to be approved and paid out more quickly. Lange also called for a “prudent financial administration that, in these times, deals unbureaucratically and without general suspicion with the worries and needs of our companies”.

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